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Saturday, 17 January 2015

Dark Coincidencies: Lincoln & Kennedy

Amazing coincidences or just an urban legend? Read them and decide for yourself.- Lincoln's name has 7 letters.- Kennedy's name has 7 letters.- In Lincoln's & Kennedy's names the vowels & consonants fall in exactly the same place, in the order c, v, c, c, v, c, c.- Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.- Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.- Lincoln was elected president in 1860.- Kennedy was elected president in 1960.- Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.- War was thrust upon Lincoln almost immediately after inauguration.- War was thrust upon Kennedy almost immediately after inauguration.- Lincoln ordered the Treasury to print its own money.- Kennedy ordered the Treasury to print its own money.- International bankers may have arranged the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy.- Lincoln gave negroes freedom and legalized equality.- Kennedy enforced equality for negroes.- Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.- Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.- Lincoln was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment.- Kennedy was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment.- Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson.- Kennedy was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson.- Andrew Johnson was born in 1808.- Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.- Andrew Johnson's name has 13 letters.- Lyndon Johnson's name has 13 letters.

- Andrew Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair.- Lyndon Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair.- Lincoln was sitting beside his wife when he was shot.- Kennedy was sitting beside his wife when he was shot.- Rathbone, who was with Lincoln when he was shot, was injured (by being stabbed).- Connally, who was with Kennedy when he was shot, was injured (by being shot).- Rathbone's name has 8 letters.- Connally's name has 8 letters.- Lincoln's wife held his head in her lap after he was shot.- Kennedy's wife held his head in her lap after he was shot.- Lincoln was shot on a Friday.- Kennedy was shot on a Friday.- Lincoln was shot in a theatre named Ford.- Kennedy was shot in a car made by Ford.- Kennedy was shot in a car named Lincoln.- Lincoln's bodyguard was away from his post at the door of the President's box at the theatre.- Kennedy's bodyguards were away from their posts on the running-boards of the President's car.- Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran to a warehouse.- JFK was shot from a warehouse and his alleged assassin ran to a theatre.- Lincoln's assassin had a three-worded name, John Wilkes Booth.- Kennedy's alleged assassin had a three-worded name, Lee Harvey Oswald.- John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters.- Lee Harvey Oswald has 15 letters.- John Wilkes Boothe was born in 1839. - Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.- Lincoln didn't die immediately after being shot.- Kennedy didn't die immediately after being shot.- Lincoln and Kennedy died in places beginning with the initials P and H.- Lincoln died in Petersen's house.- Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital.- Booth was shot and killed* in police custody before going to trial.- Oswald was shot and killed in police custody before going to trial.- Kennedy's funeral was modelled on Lincoln's funeral.- Andrew Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behaviour.- Lyndon Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behaviour.- There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Lincoln's assassination.- There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Kennedy's assassination.- Days before it happened Lincoln told his wife and friends about a dream he'd had of being shot by an assassin.- Hours before it happened Kennedy told his wife and friends it would be easy for an assassin to shoot him from a crowd.- Shortly after Lincoln was shot the telegraph system went down.- Shortly after Kennedy was shot the telephone system went down.- Kennedy's father had been the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James.- Lincoln's son became the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James.- Lincoln and Kennedy were 2 of the greatest presidents of the nation.- Lincoln's wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House.- Kennedy's wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House.- Lincoln loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart.- Kennedy loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart.- Lincoln had young children while living at the White House.- Kennedy had young children while living at the White House.- Lincoln's sons had ponies they rode on the White House grounds.- Kennedy's daughter had a pony she rode on the White House grounds.- Lincoln lost a child (12 year old son) to death while President.- Kennedy lost a child (newly born son) to death while President.- Lincoln had 2 sons named Robert and Edward. Edward died young and Robert lived on.- Kennedy had 2 brothers named Robert and Edward. Robert died young and Edward lived on.- Lincoln let his children run and play in his office.- Kennedy let his children run and play in his office.- After Lincoln's assassination the nation experienced an emotional convulsion.- After Kennedy's assassination the nation experienced an emotional convulsion.- The whole world cried when Lincoln died.- The whole world cried when Kennedy died.- Lincoln's funeral train travelled from Washington-DC to New York.- Kennedy's brother's funeral train travelled from New York to Washington-DC.- Abraham was the first name of the man who filmed Kennedy's murder in the Lincoln.- The man running alongside Kennedy's car snapping pictures with his 35mm camera was a salesman of Lincoln cars.- Kennedy bought a Virginia home that was the 1861 Civil War headquarters of Lincoln's first general-in-chief, McClellan.- Jefferson Davis was the name of the president of the Confederate states while Lincoln was president of the Union states.- Jefferson Davis Tippit was the name of the police officer killed allegedly by Kennedy's alleged assassin.- Lincoln was famous for his wit and for telling hilarious stories and anecdotes.- Kennedy was famous for his wit and for telling hilarious stories and anecdotes.- Lincoln was sitting in a rocking chair at Ford's Theater when he was shot.- Kennedy had a special rocking chair he sat in at the White House.- Henry Ford bought the rocking chair Lincoln died in and put it in his museum in Dearborn.- Kennedy's seat in the Lincoln he was sitting in when he was shot is in Ford's museum.- Lincoln's seat in the Ford he was sitting in when he was shot is in Ford's museum.- John Kennedy is the name of a character in a 1951 movie about a detective travelling by train to thwart the assassination of President Lincoln.- John Kennedy is the name of the real-life detective who travelled in the train with President Lincoln in 1860 to thwart his assassination.